27 quotes from 2014

We’ll leave it to a future episode of reeling in the years to weave together everything that happened in 2014, a year that gave us much to talk about. Between the sound-bites dropped from those towering cultural (and viral) columns of water charges, ice bucket challenges, equality demonstrations and, *sigh*, Garth Brooks concerts are dozens of other quotables. We couldn’t catch em all but here’s our pick of 27 quotes that help capture the year that was 2014.

“It astounds me…astounds me that there are people out there in the world who devote quite a large amount of their time and energies to trying to stop people you know, achieving happiness because that is what the people like the Iona Institute are at.”

“When the sun shines there are certain places that you just know will be packed. The Barge is probably the most obvious place to head but for years it was Ocean Bar. 100s of people would sit outside happily supping pints and watching knackers play their favourite sport of bridge jumping wearing wet suits. It really is amazing how long the little bastards can keep themselves entertained jumping into water and how the local crime rates plunge when they are all busy having their annual wash.”

“I believe the plan on the day is for John Bruton to stand out front of the GPO and deliver a speech on how we should have settled for home rule, then, as I understand it, he will proceed to, under guard, relieve himself onto a facsimile of the 1916 proclamation while holding up a treasured polaroid of queen victoria and singing the Rick Astley number “never gonna give you up.”